Decatur Fire Laddies Respond To Small Roof Blaze
The Decatur fire department was summoned to Ellie Wood’s home at Line and Church streets around nine o clock for a small roof fire. Sparks from the flue likely started it and Cherhiala were used to extinguish. No major damage due to quick department action. The Ford party arrival at Christina recalls Doc Cook’s North Pole tale first told there.
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Decatur Fire Department
Ellie Wood
Coral Line
Church Streets
Net Pox
Christana
Doc Cook
North Pole
Personal notices from Decatur area report grippe illnesses
W II Hallia and Felix Nelson with Robert Nelson suffer grippe while Paul Terry has recovered. Judge J C Ahaha of Moulton to visit Decatur. D C Ahaha returns from Montgomery. Wrenchall Knight back from Springhill DB H school and sick. E K Graves of Birmingham visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Elam. Frank Stockton of Decatur high school confined with grippe. ZH Talbot route agent for Southern Express in Decatur on business.
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Wrenchall Knight
Springhill
Tenn
Grippe
Nes Frank It. Stockton
Decatur High School
Talbot
Southern Express Company
Decaturs
Moten Named to Succeed Booker T Washington at Tuskegee
Maj. Robert R. Moten of Hampton Institute was selected to become president of Tuskegee Institute succeeding Booker T. Washington. The decision by the trustees’ special committee was unanimous, with Moten to take office after May 1916 commencement.
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New York
Robert Rt. Moten
Hampton Agricultural Institute
Hampton
Booker
Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
Ala
Moron
Negro Institute
Booker T. Washington Memorial Fund
Major Moton
Hawks Cut Glass at Nelson's
Hawks seize Nelson's glass sale in district 14 as workers report heavy demand and brisk turnover. Local shoppers flock to the store amid tight stock and rising prices.
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Nelson's
Granda Grandma’s Club and Holiday News
A church calendar page blends verse on grandma with reports from the Auction Bridge Club. Notices note no Friday meeting, plus holiday travel plans for Misses Maye Finnie and Georgette Finnie to Lexington. Local residents, engagements, and visitors share festive updates and greetings.
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Auction Bridge Club
Luncheon in Honor of Miss Gurther and Holiday Games
Miss Collier hosted a Saturday luncheon at one o clock in compliment to Miss Gurther with Santa Claus score cards marking table seats. Mrs. L. A. Ramage won the trophy. the honoree received a box of handkerchiefs. Guests included Mesdames Ramage Pointer Austell Pearson Steed Duncan—plus Misses Odom Banks Guthert Collier. The event featured a multi course meal with a Xmas sherry motif.
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Miss Collier
Miss Gurthurz
Hotel guest list from scattered city arrivals
A fragment lists names and locations of visitors staying at various hotels. Entries include Austin Retel Memphis Tenn F B Warr Hartsille Ala X Sloan Nashville Tenn J W Scripper Boston Mass and others such as Eva Patterson Baugh Tenn Annie Ashforn Courtland Ala with several Birmingham and Nashville names.
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Austin Retel
F. B. Warr
Memphis
Tenn
Rk la Sherrill
Hartsille
Ala
J. W. Scripper
Boston
Mass
X. Sloan
Nashville
C. W. Fergurson
Birmingham
J. A. Hale
J. J. Harris
Courtland
E. M
Kenter
Chicago
J. IL
R. L. Lett
Birmiingham
L. T. Heines
Montgomery
J. T. Talbot
Tern
H. L. Page
St. Louis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dillehay Brothers
Decatur
Globe- Wernicke
McGehee Furniture Company
Bank Street
Hallia
Chattanooga
Felix
Robert Nelson
J. C. Ah of
Moulton
Deeiturs
D. C
Ahaha
Paul Terry
Ek. A. Graves
Henry Elam
New Decatur
Pridge Club
A. Skaggs
Orsadma
Fager
Arma
Maye
Georgette Finnie
Lexington
J. K. Pultrey
Etippe
Dorothea Bultrey
Paul Crawford
Jas. L. Echols
Kate Hardage
Tuscaloosa
Joes Mathias
Mesdames F. H. Pointer
Vera Austelier
Benedictus
John Howard Jewett
Atlanta
American Bell Telephone
White
R. B. White
Sherman Street
Alanta
Marie Kimbrough
Ashford
Chardavogne
Aday
Mary Lee Skeggs
Converse College
Spartanbure, i. C
W. E. Phillips
East Church Street
Miss Gurther
Celia McGregor
Rock
Sam _ Ir‘Win
Foster H. Pointer
Lynda Williamson
Mary Banks
Fannie Johnson
Ruby Jones
Jack Diltehay
Neal Williamson
Jim Johnson
Fred Bailey
Claude Trimble
Will McGregor
Joe Petty
John Davis
Ua Nice
Percolaad
Delite
Thanhouser
Baroness von DE Witz
2Nd. Ave
Nelson
Mutual Master Pictures
Delite Theatre
Charlotte Braeme
Geraldine O'Brien
Lorraine Huling
H. E. Herbert
Inda Palmer
Theodore von Eltz
Echols
H. Welds
Florence
J. A. Dabney
R. P. Robbins
Miss O’neal
Hart
Thompson’s Drug Store
Palmers
Colgates
Vantines
el Roitan
Portinas
el Principe
Gato
Cortez
Portina la Preferencia Migratia
el Toro
John Ruskin
Thompson’ S |Rug
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